Tag: song of the day

  • by Michael McCarthy Today one of the year’s best singer-songwriter pop albums has been unleashed upon the world: Catie Turner’s intoxicating Blue Alchemy. And to celebrate the album’s release, Catie has just released a rather fun new video for her song “Girls’ Girl,” a collaboration with her former roommate Sophie Holohan. It’s an irresistible earworm…

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  • by Michael McCarthy Miley’s new video for “Different Religion” takes religious language and imagery and deliberately turns it inside out, treating sexual desire as its own kind of faith. Miley delivers some of the song’s most provocative lines in an almost spoken cadence, while the guest vocal from Model/Actriz brings a similarly talk-sung, slightly menacing…

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  • Today, New York City rockers Nicotine Dolls have released the new single andmusic video “Here to California,” a joyful, breezy anthem about “choosing forward motion over regret,” from their self-titled sophomore album, which will be out October 23 via BMG. The single was co-produced by frontman Sam Cieri and renowned hitmaker Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith, Ozzy…

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  • by Michael McCarthy I’m going to be entirely honest here and tell you that Chat GPT introduced me to this song this morning. I was talking to it for my ideas about a book and we were talking about Bon Jovi and I said I wish Butch Walker would produce a Bon Jovi album. And…

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  • by Michael McCarthy Today my favorite band has released a delicious new single. The band, of course, is Garbage and the song is called “There’s No Future In Optimism.” Sonically, the Garbage album it sounds the most like would have to be Bleed Like Me, which is largely considered their rock album since they favored…

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  • by Michael McCarthy As even a young child could tell you, songs have the ability to make people feel things. For example, maybe you cry every time you hear “Open Arms” by Journey or “Against All Odds” by Phil Collins. (Truth be told, these songs usually do make me cry.). On the other hand, there…

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  • by Michael McCarthy Longtime readers of Love is Pop will know Valerie Renay as one half of the mesmerizing Berlin duo Noblesse Oblige. Valerie has now released a new solo single entitled “Peel The Skin.” It’s something of a genre bender but if we had to assign it one, it would have to be trip-hop,…

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  • by Michael McCarthy The gifted singer/songwriter known as Auni has just released a new single entitled “The Road.” If you like pretty and light songs with a bit of a new age vibe then this one is for you. Auni’s ethereal vocals dance and play above some of the sweetest sounding keyboards you’ve ever heard…

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  • Here’s Lady Gaga singing “The National Anthem” yesterday. I do believe you’ll agree that she did a fine job. And I’m so glad my country elected Joe Biden president. I’m sure he’ll do things I don’t agree with at some point, as all politicians eventually do, but I definitely think he’s the right person at…

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  • On November 20th, Larkin Poe will release Kindred Spirits, an album of covers done in their unique, stripped-down style, and we can hardly wait. Especially after basking in this, their chilling version of Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight,” which is just the kind of spooky delight this Halloween demands. Enjoy!

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  • As a thick bass line lulls you in and gently massages your brain while stabbing piano keeps you from getting overly relaxed on Michael Rider’s intoxicating new single, “Breakthrough.”

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  • “I’d rather be alone / Than be alone with you,” purrs pop songstress Lolo Zouaï on her luscious new single, “Alone With You,” which hails from her recently released Beautiful Lies EP, something I’ve been listening to on a loop lately.

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  • This Enuff Z’Nuff classic from 1991 is a terrific anti-racism song if ever there was one. If you like The Beatles and hair metal, you’re in for a real trea

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  • I’ve always loved this little ballad by Emeli Sandé and was surprised that it wasn’t a single. In fact, so far as I could tell, the audio hasn’t even been officially posted on Youtube, hence this fan-made lyric video.

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